Peter De Francia
Dublin Core
Title
Peter De Francia
Identifier
985
Person Item Type Metadata
Birth Date
1921
Birthplace
Paris, France
Death Date
2012
Occupation
Artist
Biographical Text
Peter Laurent de Francia (25 January 1921 – 19 January 2012) was an Italian-British artist, who was Professor of Painting at the Royal College of Art (RCA), London, from 1972 to 1986. His paintings and drawing are included in art collections in Britain, and he was the author of two books on Fernand Léger, Leger: The Great Parade (Painters on Painting) (1969) and Fernand Léger (1983), and of several articles on art.
Influenced by nineteenth-century socialist painters such as Gustave Courbet and Honoré Daumier, as well as by socially committed artists of his time like Renato Guttuso and Pablo Picasso, or germans artists such as Max Beckmann or George Grosz, de Francia used subjects that exposed the contradictions in everyday life to try to inspire change.
Influenced by nineteenth-century socialist painters such as Gustave Courbet and Honoré Daumier, as well as by socially committed artists of his time like Renato Guttuso and Pablo Picasso, or germans artists such as Max Beckmann or George Grosz, de Francia used subjects that exposed the contradictions in everyday life to try to inspire change.
Bibliography
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/peter-de-francia-985
Citation
“Peter De Francia,” DGAH Midterm, accessed August 29, 2026, https://midterm.shearerj.sites.carleton.edu/items/show/55.